Jonathan Chu
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jonchu.bsky.social
Jonathan Chu
@jonchu.bsky.social
Social scientist researching how political opinion and norms affect democracy, conflict, great powers.

Faculty at LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

https://www.jonathanchu.org/
The ad provides more information about our priorities. I’m on the search committee and happy to answer your remaining questions! I’ll also be at APSA. 3/3
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
These are research track positions, so a key criteria will be your trajectory to become a leading & independent scholar in your field, publishing in quality journals. But as a policy school, we also value policy relevance and experience 2/3
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This publication is the product of over 10 years of research. I almost killed the project at several points due to how much pushback it received. But I’m so proud to have it finally published. I hope all will enjoy, even if it is as a skeptical critic! 6/6
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My application of the social cue theory to the liberal democratic community is especially timely: as this community is under intense pressure, my argument implies that NATO could rapidly lose its social influence. 5/n
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I hope the piece will be fun to teach in graduate seminars, where students can weigh in on my debate w/ the literature. The empirical chapters can also teach a range of survey experimental research designs, and how to validate them with non-experimental data 4/n
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I worked especially hard to lay out the theory carefully in general terms so that others can apply the idea of social cueing to phenomena beyond humanitarian intervention. The book further theorizes the specific role of institutions in channeling these cues 3/n
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My social cues argument contrasts w/ the rational-information theories that have dominated the field for decades. IO cues aren’t just heuristics that fill information gaps. Even informed audiences w/ encyclopedic policy knowledge are affected by social cues 2/n
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
That cover photo...
January 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Pls add 🙏🏼
December 29, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Please add! 💫
December 4, 2024 at 9:24 AM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social Please add me to polisky, thank you!
October 8, 2023 at 7:46 AM